The things people ask you to do....

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Vicky RVN — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:13:48 GMT

[quote user="Caro Laithwaite"]would like to remove all her teeth[/quote]

Oh yes would give me great pleasure the stupid cow! I've not seen her since my nans funeral 3 months ago (and didn't talk to her then, if she'd said anything i was so upset would most def have given her a mouthful...if fact wish i had and let her know my true feelings!). If she phones up work she will def hear what i have to say. You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family!

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Katy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:22:27 GMT

I had someone ring up and ask if we would do that and castrate it!!!!

Why get a frickin cockeral in the first place if you don't want it to act like one???

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Gillian Mostyn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:38:42 GMT

I was asked if I would remove a cockeral's vocal cords 2 weeks ago!

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:49:22 GMT

would like to remove all her teeth. As to that she sounds a lazy cow as a behavourist would mean work. I would have taken the cat off her and argued the toss in court.

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Vicky RVN — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:36:25 GMT

Catherine, that has reminded me of my cousin, ooo she made me MAD!!! Her cat has aggression problems (will just attack them, so she says). She phoned my work asking if we could remove all the teeth because she was due to have her baby in a few weeks and didn't want it bitten. Receptionist said we only remove teeth for health probs, so no. She gave her phone number of a behaviourist. The cat has been like it for ages so why the hell didn't she sort it out before she fell pregnant, the baby was planned as far as i'm aware! When i went in to the hospital to visit my nan, having only the day before finding out she had widespread cancer i saw my cousin. She told me that she had phoned work and they said they wouldn't remove the teeth, i said no we wouldn't. She told me if she phoned again she wanted me to talk to the vet and tell him to do it She made me SO mad, the cat obviously has a reason to be the way she is so see a bloody behaviourist, don't be too flaming tight to pay for it you cow! And speaking to me like that when i've just found out my nan is dying...not exactly the right timing! How on earth i didn't give her a mouthful i don't know!

Sorry, rant over!

Re: The things people ask you to do....

Catherine O — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:07:38 GMT

a little old lady once asked if we could remove all of the teeth from her nine year old border collie because the womans daughter in law wouldn't allow the familys first grandchild to visit if there was some chance the dog might bite it :S the poor dog had no history of aggression. i gave her a long list of reasons why we couldn't do it, then she asked if we could just file them down to the gum line instead... *rolls eyes*

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Biddy Aggy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:52:10 GMT

Once had an gentleman come in with his partners dog... he was really worried as the dog had eaten something he shouldn't have...after lots of encouragement he told us that the dog had ingested Viagra and as he was the owners partner he asked us not to keep a record of it as he didn't want his partner to find out he was using viagra!! Told him we couldn't do that and that it was best he explain the situation at home rather than the owner to find out at the clinic on next visit!!

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Sal the 1st — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:38:05 GMT

I have attended 3 'services' now. An Eastern type service (I dont think it was a true Budhist - but similar type). A 'service' where myself an another nurse buried the dog for the owner ( longstanding client in the practice) prayers, a reading and a proper commital which was extremely emotional, and the last was one of our clients that had died at a good old age (96 or thereabouts) and his funeral was delayed until his 24 yr old horse had been euthanased (had lots of medical problems) and his 13 year old diabetic airedale had been euthanased. Both of his animals were cremated and their ashes were buried with him (he had stipulated in his will that this should happen) Was a very very sad day.

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Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:06:06 GMT

We were asked to put a lab's favorite tennis balls in with him for his cremation. They also insisted that they were at his feet as we put him down too. the whole thing was very odd and emotional. whole cerimony with music and family and a reading. I welled up.

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Kim Buckley — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:18:16 GMT

We had a client who wrote her cat a letter and she wanted it cremated with the cat along with a load of flowers!

Another client had their dog individually cremated and it had had a plate put it in leg at some point in it's life so they made us x-ray the wooden casket to prove that it was their dog! The plate was in there luckily!

Re: The things people ask you to do....

Sal the 1st — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:02:41 GMT

have come across a few clients that have requested grooming etc pm - I suppose its no different from us wanting our loved ones to look their best when the time comes and is often the final act of caring - I have often found the clients that go through certain 'rituals' pm are the ones that achieve an earlier 'closure'

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xxserahxx — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:52:17 GMT

We had a client recently who found there 4yr old cat dead at the bottom of the garden, bought it in for communal crem (looked like rta) fair enought put it in the freezer.. 3 days later he rang up and wanted a private crem.. luckily the delivery was the next day soo managaed to find it and re bag it.. he then rang up resting pets asking for them to wash it comb it n do weird things to it like paint its nails and things to make it look pretty for cremation..!!! strannge

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wobbliebob — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:56:34 GMT

lol i dont no why thats funny but it is

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Sal the 1st — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:22:05 GMT

Knowing I have done taxidermy in the past one client asked me if I would 'do' her cat for her after it had been euthanased. She wanted him in a natural pose with a dead mouse in his mouth. I politely declined and said that I didnt think I would be able to do him justice. I did find her another taxidermist at her request and he is now reclining on the top of her piano with a mouse under one paw

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elz6152 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:39:23 GMT

We had a client who had a mismating injection on her dog and when she went to move abroad 6mths later she asked us to print out her clinical history not including the injection as she did not want her husband to find out she had brought the dog in for it.

we also had another lady that was bringing a puppy in for treatment on a broken leg, it was not her dog but belonged to a male friend of hers!! She asked us no to tell her husband that she had been in! I just found that funny!

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Emma Purnell — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:27:58 GMT

We did have one where the client couldn't get to us and we needed to euthanase the animal under GA, they wanted pictures before and after the act... bearing in mind the before was under GA. Very strange...

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Bethany Leonard - Williams RVN — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:01:42 GMT

i've had several male clients ask if they can have thier dogs testiles after they have been neutered!! what are they going to do with them for goodness sake? have them preserved and mounted! some people are very odd indeed!

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Nicola Smith — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:36:21 GMT

I have had to trim fur off quite a lot, and when in equine practice some people wanted the whole tail, or their shoes taken off. I also had to wipe down a dog with cloths - like they do with people - with the owner before thay took his body away, that was strange. I also worked with a nurse who had to take photos of a client with their dead pet - very weird!

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Cat Woman — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:53:49 GMT

We had a client who wanted us to trim off a little fur from the dog after it was euthansed - fair enough we thought. Then....he wanted us to take out its canine teeth, so he could give them to his wife as a present! He could not understand why we refused & even wrote a letter of complaint!

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Emma Purnell — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:39:23 GMT

It is interesting, and one which is tempting sometimes, but surely you can't do much good for the animals in jail for fraud!!

It is a very good arguement though, and one that would seriously tempt me in the case mentioned above... little puppy with a congenital problem

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Frith — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:56:36 GMT

I remember having a conversation with a vet who was doing a degree in philosophy. She was saying that although as veterinary professionals we obviously have a legal and ethical obligation to tell the truth, as when providing information to insurance companies. We also have an ethical obligation to provide the best care possible to animals.

Many owners believe that a vets obligation to care for animals, means that they should override other morals to achieve this. It’s an interesting way to look at.

Re: The things people ask you to do....

Emma Purnell — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:17:03 GMT

Currently listening to one of the vets with the classic 'No, I am afraid we can't change the date for the insurance. No, we really can't. It just isn't possible I am afraid. No I DO understand....'

*sigh*

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Beth Roberts — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:03:27 GMT

We had a pts home visit situation where we were called out in the middle of the day, the wife said the 19 year old cat was suffering and she wanted pts straight away. We arrived to a domestic, turned out the husband had gone out to play golf and his (very clearly once we arrived) alcholic wife had decided to have his cat put down to spite him and he had forgotten something so had popped home when she then told him!

It took us about 15 minutes of banging on the door etc to get their attention once we arrived, the husband eventually let us in and told us what had happened and apologised profusely. He wanted us to see the cat anyway in order for the wife to hear from a vet the cat was ok (it was it was in amazing condition for its age, eating and drinking fine and spending most of the time sunning itself in the garden!). We spent about half an hour speaking to the wife, my boss was very patient and eventually she relented and we left. The husband followed us out to the car and again apologised, asking if we could put a note on the records not to visit unless he called. My boss happily agreed. Goodness knows what we would have done had the husband not come back as we had no knowledge of the wife's history!

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Dove — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:56:09 GMT

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blimey wot did u do, i wouldnt have a clue in that situation. obviously its going to be on the records re the pts, both of them are the owners so who is the principle. i would guess it the same as if a procedure needed to be carried out in the hosp which one person wanted and the other didnt what would u do

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The vet performed the euthanasia, the dog was clearly suffering and on could have been justified on humane grounds. We did know when we went out that the husband was unaware as we had to fit in when he was at work. The wife knew the dog was suffering but didn't know how long it would take her to talk her husband round.

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Anneke Kuipers — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:41:33 GMT

I had a client who was paying her bill for her dog after being spayed and umbelical hernia repair. She then asked me: can you take it of her card that she is spayed? my OH didn't wanted her spayed...
Me: erm... no sorry we can't do that as that would mean incorrect medical history of your animal.
she: oh... can you then at least not put it on the bill?

hope he won't come back and blame us for the fact we've spayed their dog!